There are stupid and silly people everywhere. I think the key to maintaining sanity involves figuring out which forms of human weakness you find most dangerous and offensive, and avoiding them where possible. Portland's silliness (which certainly exists in abundance) seems pretty tame compared to the hate mongering and pervasive ignorance which is common in other parts of America. You could not pay me enough to live in the Deep South.

Florida GOP leader shares racist post in support of Roseanne Barr

Ralph Smith posted an image of Valerie Jarrett and a character from Planet of the Apes on Facebook with the caption, “And the issue with Roseanne is?”

...Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Deputy Frank Di Orsini’s Jeep was the victim of a break-in this week, and as Di Orsini was inspecting the video, he stated that it smelled like “fucking dirty niggers in my fucking car.” (Maybe Di Orsini took some Ambien the night before, and woke up racist, too?) Di Orsini’s comments were captured by the bodycam of a fellow officer at the scene...

Some white people seem to think the only way to be racist is to wear a KKK hood while shouting the n-word. That's not the case, and often racism is more subtle and codified. So much so that a racist may not even know how racist they're being...